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From: "Desilets, Alain" <Alain.Desilets@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca>
To: "users@httpd.apache.org" <users@httpd.apache.org>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 05:06:24 -0700
Thread-Topic: Redirecting a domain to another using Rewrite rules
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Subject: [users@httpd] Redirecting a domain to another using Rewrite rules

I need to forward a domain www.wiki-translation.com to a different location=
 wiki-translation.wiki4us.com, while preserving the original url.=20

I have been trying to do this for 30 mins now, using Rewrite rules, and not=
hing works.

For example, thje Parked domains CPanel functionality created the following=
 lines in my .htaccess file:

---
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^wiki\-translation\.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.wiki\-translation\.com$
RewriteRule ^/?$ "http\:\/\/wiki\-translation\.wiki4us\.com\/" [R=3D301,L]
---

This works somewhat, in the sense that it redirects www.wiki-translation.co=
m to wiki-translation.wiki4us.com. But it does not preserve the original UR=
L.

I also tried this replacing the R flag with a P (proxy) flag:

---
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^wiki\-translation\.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.wiki\-translation\.com$
RewriteRule ^/?$ "http\:\/\/wiki\-translation\.wiki4us\.com\/" [R=3D301,L]
---

But it yields the error:

---
Proxy Error
The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server.
The proxy server could not handle the request GET /.
Reason: DNS lookup failure for: wiki-translation.wiki4us.com
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an =
ErrorDocument to handle the request.
---

Then I tried this=20

---
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^wiki\-translation\.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.wiki\-translation\.com$
RewriteRule ^/?$ "http\:\/\/www\.wiki4us\.com\/wiki\-translation\/" [P,L]
---

where www.wiki4us.com/wiki-translation/ is the actual location that the sub=
domain wiki-translation.wiki4us.com points to.

This one worked kindof. It does point to the right location, and preserves =
the original url www.wiki-translation.com. But the page comes out looking w=
rong, presumably because all the CSS files are not accesible as www.wiki4us=
.com/wiki-translation/*.css (just as wiki-translation.wiki4us.com/*.css). D=
unno why.

Any advice you may have will be greatly appreciated.

Thx.=

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